A 22-year-old otherwise healthy male client arrives 20 minutes late for an initial client examination, and the client states he could not find a parking spot and that he had to park a distance away and run to the office. The client is a materials engineer who works for a start-up company in Silicon Valley. The client reports a lack of sleep, heavy caffeine consumption (coffee), and a recent increase in tobacco use, primarily spit tobacco due to work responsibilities and stress. The client makes statements about having a previous bad experience in a dental office as a child. The client has cold, clammy hands, is perspiring heavily, and states that he is not feeling well
-If the dental hygienist measures the client's temperature and finds a higher than normal temperature, all of the following factors could be involved except:

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An elevated temperature could be indicative of tobacco smoking but not spit tobacco. Lack of sleep is usually not associated with elevations in temperature. A stressful work environment usually affects other vital signs, such as blood pressure, rather than temperature. Hot coffee can increase the temperature of the oral cavity.

A 22-Year-Old Otherwise Healthy Male Client Arrives 20 Minutes Late